Kurtis Polacek

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Anderson

2009-10: Saw action in 12 events during his sophomore campaign ...Member of the 4x100-meter relay that set a school record and placed fifth at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships ...Member of the 4x400-meter relay that finished eighth at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships ...Ran on the 4x400-meter Relay that finished first at the Mount St. Joseph's Invitational ...Ran a season-best 7.39 60-meters, 11.27 100-meters and 22.79 200-meters

2008-09: Competed in nine events in the spring for XU his rookie season ...Used primarily in the 100-meter and 200-meter events.... Had a season-best 100-meter dash at the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championship where he ran a 11.32.... Ran aconsistent 200-meter race all season long with an average time of 23.08 ...Also ran a couple 60-meter events and a 4x100-meter relay

High School: Helped lead Anderson to a conference championship as a senior... Named First Team All-FAVC as a junior and senior... Honored as team Most Valuable Player in his final two seasons... Was the conference champion in the 100-meter dash as both a junior and senior... Set a personal best of 10.7 seconds in the 100 event... His top time in the 200-meter dash event was 22.4 seconds ... Captain of the soccer team

Personal: Born March 17, 1990... Majoring in finance ... Has four siblings ... Son of Robert and Linda Polacek ... Father was a member of the tennis team at the University of Loyola-Chicago